VUELVE – Bilingual Lyrics Spanish/English

• By: BERET

Lyrics & Translation

Learning a language through music is a powerful tool, and Beret's "Vuelve" offers a beautiful opportunity to dive into the emotional landscape of Spanish. The song's introspective lyrics and heartfelt delivery can help you connect with the language on a deeper level. Its themes of love, loss, and hope are universal, making the Spanish sentiments expressed both relatable and memorable for learners.

[English]

Come back

To tell me the same old thing

That you love me but you can't have me

I've done the impossible to make myself strong

And even if it's the same road alone

Come back

I just want you to try

Don't tell me you need luck now

Do you really need me to remind you

That things you take care of aren't thrown away suddenly?

If it never hurts, it won't make you happy

It hurts more to have you than to let you go

I prefer a "sorry" than not feeling

It's not always worth staying than running away

I expect nothing from anything, imagine from myself

They told me, "go for it all" and I went for you

Until what moment do you learn, and until what

Moment will time be wasted just to continue?

They say the good things take time, and I've been waiting so long

That the good things don't want to come

They say there are appropriate words

Just like there are people who don't know them and are like that

We call anything advice

Until I realized that even those who love you can lie to you

Since everyone advises you enough

So you can be what they want but not happy

And now I'm aware that there are paths

That end in others

And there are people who end up in others just because

Now I realized that there are problems

That I solve in so many people

But I never solve them in myself

How nice it is to see that everything is going well

But even seeing it well, it's not the way to see you

The world has too many broken people

And really needs strong people who know how to unite

Come back to tell me the same old thing

That you love me but you can't have me

I've done the impossible to make myself strong

And even if it's the same road alone

Come back

I just want you to try

Don't tell me you need luck now

Do you really need me to remind you

That things you take care of aren't thrown away suddenly?

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[Spanish]

Vuelve

A decirme lo de siempre

Que me quieres pero no puedes tenerme

He hecho lo imposible para hacerme fuerte

Y aunque sea el mismo camino solo

Vuelve

Solo quiero que lo intentes

No me digas que ahora necesitas suerte

¿De verdad que necesitas que recuerde

Que las cosas que se cuidan no se tiran de repente?

Si nunca te duele no te hará feliz

Duele más tenerte que dejarte ir

Prefiero un "lo siento" antes que no sentir

No compensa siempre quedarse que huir

De nada me espero imagina de mí

Me dijieron, "ve a por todo" y fui a por ti

¿Hasta qué momento sí se aprende y hasta qué

Momento se perderá el tiempo solo por seguir?

Dicen que lo bueno tarda y yo llevo esperando tanto tiempo

Que lo bueno no quiere venir

Dicen que hay palabras apropiadas

Igual que existen personas que no lo saben y son así

Llamamos consejo a cualquier cosa

Hasta que me di cuenta que hasta quien te quiere te puede mentir

Ya que todo el mundo te aconseja suficiente

Para que seas lo que quieren pero no feliz

Y ahora soy consciente que hay caminos

Que acaban en otros

Y hay personas que acaban en otras porque sí

Ahora me di cuenta que hay problemas

Que resuelvo en tanta gente

Pero nunca los resuelvo en mí

Qué bonito es ver que todo va bien

Pero es que ni viéndolo bien es la manera para verte a ti

Al mundo le sobra gente rota

Y necesita de verdad personas fuertes que sepan unir

Vuelve a decirme lo de siempre

Que me quieres pero no puedes tenerme

He hecho lo imposible por hacerme fuerte

Y aunque sea el mismo camino solo

Vuelve

Solo quiero que lo intentes

No me digas que ahora necesitas suerte

¿De verdad que necesitas que recuerde

Que las cosas que se cuidan no se tiran de repente?

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
siempre /ˈsjem.pɾe/ A1	adverb - always
quieres /ˈkje.ɾes/ A2	verb - you want; you love
fuerte /ˈfweɾ.te/ B1	adjective - strong
camino /kaˈmi.no/ A2	noun - path, road
cosas /ˈko.sas/ A1	noun - things
duele /ˈdwe.le/ B1	verb - hurts
feliz /feˈlis/ A2	adjective - happy
tiempo /ˈtjem.po/ A1	noun - time
palabras /paˈla.βɾas/ A2	noun - words
gente /ˈxen.te/ A1	noun - people
rota /ˈro.ta/ B1	adjective - broken
problemas /pɾoˈβle.mas/ B1	noun - problems
consejo /konˈse.xo/ B1	noun - advice
suerte /ˈsweɾ.te/ A2	noun - luck
verdad /beɾˈdad/ A2	noun - truth

Key Grammar Structures

• Vuelve A decirme lo de siempre Que me quieres pero no puedes tenerme

  ➔ Subjunctive mood after "que" expressing doubt/possibility

  ➔ The phrase "que me quieres" uses the indicative because it's presented as a fact. However, "no puedes tenerme" implies a condition or possibility, thus using the subjunctive. This highlights the singer's doubt about the relationship's feasibility.

• He hecho lo imposible para hacerme fuerte

  ➔ Perfect tense (He hecho) + infinitive phrase (para hacerme fuerte)

  ➔ "He hecho" indicates an action completed in the past but with relevance to the present. "Para hacerme fuerte" is an infinitive phrase indicating the purpose of the action.

• ¿De verdad que necesitas que recuerde Que las cosas que se cuidan no se tiran de repente?

  ➔ Subjunctive after necesitar (que recuerde) expressing a need/request; passive voice with "se" (se cuidan, se tiran)

  ➔ "Que recuerde" is in the subjunctive because it follows "necesitas que," indicating a need or request. The phrases "se cuidan" and "se tiran" are impersonal passive constructions, where the subject is not explicitly stated.

• Si nunca te duele no te hará feliz

  ➔ Conditional sentence type 1 (Si + present indicative, future indicative)

  ➔ This is a typical first conditional sentence. It expresses a likely or possible condition and its probable result.

• Me dijeron, "ve a por todo" y fui a por ti

  ➔ Imperative (ve) + past tense (fui)

  ➔ "Ve a por todo" is an imperative phrase, urging action. "Fui a por ti" is in the preterite tense, showing a completed action in the past.

• Dicen que lo bueno tarda y yo llevo esperando tanto tiempo Que lo bueno no quiere venir

  ➔ Indirect speech (dicen que...) + consecutive clause (tanto tiempo que...)

  ➔ "Dicen que lo bueno tarda" reports what people say (indirect speech). "Tanto tiempo que lo bueno no quiere venir" uses "tanto... que" to express a consequence of the long wait – the good things no longer want to come.